Oven-tray.



F.. G. CRANE.

I OVEN TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED, 00L 6. 1916.

1,266,412. Patented May 14, 191s.

Flora Creme.

FLORA. G. CRANE, 0F SANDPOINT, IDAHO.

OVEN-TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14:, 1918.

Application filed October 6, 1916. Serial No. 124,139.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, FLORA G. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandpoint, in the county of Bonner and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oven-Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of a tray adapted to support within an oven the food stulfs to be cooked, the tray being easy to remove therefrom for the purpose of replacing the same together with the food stuffs within the oven in a reverse position, thereby eliminating the turning about within the oven of each article individually, and also obviating to a large extent the possibility of burning the hand and arms which commonly results from such practice.

The invention embodies the desired features of simplicity, durability, and can be manufactured and sold at a very low cost.

In the drawing forming part of this specification like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tray constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the handles folded.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the tray.

The tray embraced in, the subject matter of my invention is formed from a single sheet of suitable material 10, preferably metal, the material having its opposite side and end edges bent to provide beads 11, and which beads in reality form casings for the reception of a reinforcing wire or other suitable reinforcing element 12 which is threaded through the beads as illustrated. The beads or casings 11 at two opposed edges of the tray are cut away as at 13, thus exposin a portion of the reinforcing wire at spaced Genie: of this patent may be obtained tor points. A looped handle 14 is swingingly mounted upon the wire 12 at these points, for convenience in handling the tray. The exposed portions of the reinforcing wire may, if desired, be bulged as at 15, in which instance the handles can be folded flat against the upper surface of the tray, or extended in substantially the same horizontal plane therewith. This construction obviously permits the tray as a unit to set more evenly upon the bottom of the oven.

The tray is adapted to be placed upon the bottom of the oven and constitutes a support for the vessels in which the food stufis to be cooked is contained, and when it is desired to reverse the positions of the respective vessels, the tray can be easily removed from within the oven together with the vessels supported thereon, the tray reversed, and again replaced in the oven. This obviously eliminates the practice of reversing or turning about of the vessels individually within the oven, while the tray can be conveniently handled for this purpose without any danger or possibility of burning the hands or arms of the user. The device in its entirety is very simple in construction and can be manufactured and sold at a very low cost.

What is claimed is A tray comprising a flat sheet of metal having its edges bent upwardly to provide beads on its upper edges, a reinforcing wire threaded through said beads, said beads being cut away at spaced points on the ends of the tray so as to expose the reinforcing wire, the exposed portions of said wire being bulged, and a pair of handles each formed of a single piece of wire bent into U-shape and having its ends bent around the bulged portions whereby said handles are hinged to the wire.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FLORA G. CRANE.

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